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  2. THE "PLANT" IN THE SCRUB

    In the course of some entertaining reminiscences of early naturalists, given to the Victorian Field Naturalists' Club last night, Mr. E. E. Pescott told how Mr. ...

    Article : 225 words
  3. KEEP AWAY FROM THE LYREBIRDS

    Although he favoured the closing of the Sherbrooke forest during August and September-nesting season of the lyrebird— the chief inspector of Fisheries and Game ...

    Article : 120 words
  4. SALVATION ARMY CHIEF TO RETIRE

    Commissioner William Maxwell, who is leaving to attend the high council of the Salvation Army in London, will conduct a farewell meeting at the City Temple, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 270 words
  5. WRITER OF "THRILLERS"

    To be "well known to the police" and to have an intimate knowledge of the psychology of the criminal in order to draw material from the "armoury of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 571 words
  6. BUSINESS AND PLAY

    On the ground that the applicant lacked experience of hotel management, the police opposed in the Licensing Court yesterday an application by Francis D. ...

    Article : 319 words
  7. ART EXHIBITION

    An exhibition of paintings in oil and water-colour by Madge Freeman will open at the Sedon Galleries, Elizabeth House, 340 Little Collins street, to-day. This ...

    Article : 296 words
  8. LAW COURTS

    Albert Abraham Coppel, investor, of Kooyong road, Toorak, formerly of Swanston street, Melbourne, who was examined before the deputy registrar (Mr. J. T. ...

    Article : 467 words
  9. IMAGINARY EXPLOITS

    Said to have suffered from hallucinations which caused him to give colourful accounts of imaginary ventures, George Henry Brien, aged 26 years, ...

    Article : 340 words
  10. 11,000,000 VOLUMES OF SCRIPTURE

    Nearly 11,000,000 volumes of Scripture were circulated by the British and Foreign Bible Society in the year ended March 31, 1934. In all 10,933,203 volumes were ...

    Article : 221 words
  11. WHARFWORKERS' FEAR OF LOSING JOBS

    ADELAIDE, Monday. — Members of the Port Adelaide branch of the Waterside Workers' Federation have decided to repudiate the waterfront regulations ...

    Article : 140 words
  12. "DEATH'S-HEAD" MEDALLION

    Sir,—There is no doubt that the motive suggested in the sub-leader of Friday did enter largely, and not only sub-consciously, into the decision of the meeting ...

    Article : 391 words
  13. SAFEBREAKING TOOLS FOUND

    Safebreaking tools, torches, and revolvers, as well as goods alleged to be the proceeds of several robberies, are alleged to have been found in the ...

    Article : 140 words
  14. LEPROSY IN NORTH-WEST AUSTRALIA

    PERTH, Monday.—In consequence of about 80 cases of leprosy having been detected among the aborigines in the Broome and Derby districts in the last ...

    Article : 127 words
  15. EMBEZZLED £16

    Saying that the prisoner had committed a serious breach of trust, Judge Foster, in General Sessions yesterday, sentenced Raymond John Edmonds, aged 33 years, ...

    Article : 162 words
  16. DEDICATION OF SHRINE

    Details of the ceremony of dedication of the Shrine of Remembrance were discussed yesterday by the special committee appointed to make arrangements and will ...

    Article : 178 words
  17. THE NEW DRIVE

    Sir,—May I suggest that instead of calling the now drive along the Yarra the Centennial Drive, it be given the name of Gloucester Walk, in commemoration of ...

    Article : 83 words
  18. TRY COMPETITIONS

    Entries for the Try Competitions close to-day, but letters bearing the postmark of July 10 will be accepted. Owing to the large number of entries received in the Best Type Physical ...

    Article : 129 words
  19. Bedrooms Ransacked During Party

    While a party was in progress at Avoncourt guest house, Alma road, St. Kilda, early on Sunday morning, a thief entered the bedrooms of Miss Martha Gawn, Miss ...

    Article : 71 words
  20. WHY NOT YARRA YARRA AVENUE?

    Sir,—Why not Yarra Yarra Avenue for the new roadway? It was up the Yarra that Batman came to Melbourne, and the stream was known in his day as the Yarra ...

    Article : 65 words
  21. PATENT HEADLIGHT FOR MOTOR-CARS

    Described by his counsel as "an exheavy-weight boxer, but latterly an inventor," John Robert O'Brien, engineer, of William street, Melbourne, pleaded not ...

    Article : 364 words
  22. Quarry Accident Fund

    Contributions to the Warrandyte quarry disaster appeal fund now amount to £ 189/10/. ...

    Article : 17 words
  23. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—The artists have stood to their guns. One can admire their Jovian attitude toward the "Death and Danger" medallion, if not their taste. But is it good ...

    Article : 95 words
  24. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS

    Sir,—Perhaps the suggestion of "R." in to-day's issue is the best of all. With a deficit of £ 13,000 let us have no medal at all. But even that solution of the ...

    Article : 245 words
  25. BANKRUPT MISSING

    When he was called to be publicly examined in the Bankruptcy Court yesterday Samuel Tony Ames, motor-car salesman, formerly of the Recreation Hotel, ...

    Article : 129 words
  26. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS

    Sir,—As a skull is neither useful nor ornamental above ground, would it not be advisable to bury it? We could then picture a full, vigorous sheaf of wheat that ...

    Article : 60 words
  27. TRAFFIC PROSECUTIONS

    When the wheel of a car driven by Dr. Gordon O. Robertson, of Mont Albert road, Canterbury, in Flemington road. North Melbourne, on June 4, struck a rockery, the ...

    Article : 206 words
  28. WOMEN'S STATE GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP.—

    The four leaders of those who qualified yesterday at Royal Melbourne for the quarter [?] finals to be played to-morrow.(left to right):—Mrs.Sloan Morpeth, Metropolitan (85,86); Miss Leslie Bailey, Royal Melbourne (85,86): Miss N. Marrie, Yarra Yarra (86,86), and Miss Betty Nankivell, Royal Melbourne (84,88). Mrs. Morpeth, as Miss Susie Tolhurst, is a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 135 words
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